Scientific Name: Centrolepis fascicularis

Common Name: tufted bristlewort

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Centrolepidaceae

Form Description: A slender perennial herb, forming dense tufts or cushions.

Height (m): 0.03 – 0.1

Fruit: Seed follicle – contains one seed.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandLatrobeMeander ValleyTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeathSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Frequent in wet, sandy and peaty ground from sea level to 800m. King Island, Furneaux, north-west, north-east, west coast, east coast and south-west.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed is released when it is mature.